Robert Holland collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn514914
• English
• overall: Height: 10.625 inches (26.988 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Portrait drawing created for 23 year old Robert Holland by a prisoner, R. Bachmann, in Dachau prisoner of war camp in November 1945. It is a colored pencil and watercolor drawing on a repurposed piece of cardboard depicting Robert's wife Claire and young daughter Sandy. Robert served in the 20th Armored Division of the United States Army. The unit arrived in Europe in February 1945 and was near Salzburg, Austria, when the war ender on May 7. Some division units participated in the liberation of Dachau concentration camp on April 29, while other units continued on to capture Munich on April ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn514916
• English
• overall: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Portrait drawing created for 23 year old Robert Holland by a Hungarian prisoner, Orun Bela, in Dachau prisoner of war camp on October 10, 1945. It is a colored pencil and watercolor drawing depicting Robert's wife Claire. Robert served in the 20th Armored Division of the United States Army. The unit arrived in Europe in February 1945 and was near Salzburg, Austria, when the war ender on May 7. Some division units participated in the liberation of Dachau concentration camp on April 29, while other units continued on to capture Munich on April 30. Dachau became an internment camp for captured...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn521838
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The collection consists of 38 photographs taken by Robert Holland, a soldier in the United States Army, of Dachau concentration camp following the liberation of the camp.